I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

I made up my mind several years ago that I had worked very hard to get to where I am in life and that I was only going to do things that are fun and exciting.

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

There's no doubt in my mind that people on the West Coast - L.A. particularly - and the East Coast have no clue at all about what's happening outside their own little bailiwick. And they think everybody is stupid because they are not sophisticated.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

A popular song is one that makes us all think we can sing.

Youve got to live life to write a book about it.